Description

Distribution

Diet

Omnivore; mainly feeding on flowers, fruit, nectar, tree sap and insects but also frogs, snails and even small birds and eggs. Exploits existing holes in trees made by marmosets to obtain sap

Reproduction

The dominant female will mate with several males during the breeding season during April to July. The dominant female will suppress other female’s reproductive abilities by exhibiting dominant behavior and pheromones. All group members help carry offspring until they become independent, although the father performs the majority.

Social structure

Social; Troops are led by the eldest female and have predominantly male members. Groups consist of 4-20 individuals, comprising a single breeding female, adult males and up to seven generations of offspring and unrelated migratory adults